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Kautilya's Arthashastra 9.4.25

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 9.4.25

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Sanskrit

9.4.25

lābhavighnāḥ - kāmaḥ kopaḥ sādhvasaṃ kāruṇyaṃ hrīr anāryabhāvo mānaḥ sānukrośatā paralokāpekṣā dhārmikatvam atyāgitvaṃ dainyam asūyā hastagatāvamāno daurātmyam aviśvāso bhayam apratīkāraḥ śītoṣṇavarṣāṇām ākṣamyaṃ maṅgalatithinakṣatreṣṭitvam iti //

Obstructions to profit are: passion, anger, timidity, mercy, bashfulness, living like one who is not an Arya, haughtiness, pity, desire for the other world, strict adherence to virtuous life, deception, neediness, envy, negligence of what is at hand, generosity, want of faith, fear, inability to endure cold, heat, and rain, and faith in the auspiciousness of lunar days and stars.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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